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From: Branson Matheson <branson@longstreet.larc.nasa.gov>
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Subject: Re: Diamond Stealth SE VLB.. screwy fonts
To: croot@btp1da.phy.uni-bayreuth.de (Werner Griessl)
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 13:12:33 -0500 (EST)
Cc: questions@freebsd.org
In-Reply-To: <199601241545.QAA04599@btp1da.phy.uni-bayreuth.de> from "Werner Griessl" at Jan 24, 96 04:45:05 pm
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> 
> > diamond stealth SE VLB. This one has one meg of dram and the S3 Trio32
> > chip on it ( 86C732-P ). It seems to be nice and fast but the fonts on
> > it are screwed up. 
> 
> Try to comment out the Type1-fonts in your XF86config.
> #    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"


 I found the problem and the solution. The XF86_S3 server that comes
with the CD does not support the new cards fonts. I got the new server
from ftp.xfree86.org:/pub/XFree86/3.1.2B/FreeBSD-2.0.5. Here is an
extract from the release notes:


 2.6.  S3 server

     o  Workaround for the hardware bug in some new Trio32 chips that
        causes font corruption.  To enable this workaround, add the
        following line to the Device section of your XF86Config:

                  Option "trio32_fc_bug"

 This is one for the database

 -branson


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